Money flows from Wall St. to Washington

The Wall Street Journal reports that political contributions and lobbying efforts by some of the biggest banks on Wall Street directed toward lawmakers in Washington are on the rise, providing this compelling graphic to help make the case that nowhere is there a better leveraged investment than when big banks buy influence with politicians.
It's amazing how millions of dollars sent from Wall Street to Washington eventually transform into sums well into the billions of dollars for the banks' bottom lines...